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> Musk lost control of Twitter the same way that Google long ago lost control of the verb word "google" as a trademark via common usage. Twitter or X, Musk own
by smoldesu 3y ago
> Musk lost control of Twitter the same way that Google long ago lost control of the verb word "google" as a trademark via common usage.
Twitter or X, Musk owns them both. From a sociopathic satisfaction perspective, I doubt he's losing sleep over the people making iOS shortcuts to bring back the little blue bird icon.
The better thing to call it is 'dead'. No private platform should be as depended-on as Twitter was. Our mistakes will inform the future of social media.